How did Mahatma Gandhi break the British salt law at Dandi?

To protest the British monopoly on salt, which prohibited Indians from producing or selling the commodity independently, Mahatma Gandhi organized the Salt March in 1930.

Gandhi marched approximately 240 miles from his ashram in Sabarmati to the coastal town of Dandi, accompanied by a growing group of followers. Upon reaching the Arabian Sea coast on the morning of April 6, 1930, Gandhi and his followers picked up handfuls of salt along the shore. By collecting the salt, they technically engaged in the unauthorized production of the substance, thereby directly violating the repressive British salt laws.123

This act of civil disobedience served as a powerful, nonviolent challenge to British authority and sparked a broader satyagraha campaign across India.13